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A naval patrol boat moves through Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor’s harbor. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Allen Lee/U.S. Navy).
The Navy is currently trying to figure out how to recover a patrol boat after it sank in the waters of the Puget Sound on Thursday, Jan. 19. A harbor security boat was traversing the perimeter of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington state that evening when it struck the harbor barrier, injuring three sailors and sending the vessel below the water.
A scene taken from Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell’s court-martial, 1925. (U.S. Air Force photo)
COL William “Billy” Mitchell resigned from the US Army in 1926. His rank was not commensurate with his courage and impact on the history of the US military and the United States, especially on World War 2. Enlisting as a private in 1899 in the Spanish-American War, he soon earned a commission. After serving in Cuba and the Philippines, he was stationed in Alaska where he began his lifelong love affair with aviation.
Two of NATO’s most cutting-edge main battle tanks (MBTs) are the Leopard 2 and the Challenger 2. Both tanks have a stellar reputation for superior weaponry and armor, making them invaluable on the battlefield.
Both the Leopard 2 and the Challenger 2 have their advantages and disadvantages, and this article will evaluate their characteristics, capabilities, protection systems, and weapons to see how they stack up against one another.
We will also discuss their track record of exports, operational history, and the upgrades they’ve undergone to be current and competitive.
Young people have a voice today. Unfortunately, their opinion has been radically influenced by the teachers that infuse in them their thinking. Whether you call it critical thinking or indoctrination is up to you. Role models in the formative years used to be the charter of parents. At some point, that moral obligation was transferred to “teachers” as two parent earners became responsible for breakfast and dinner but the interim time was “fully trusted to the teachers”. Trust but verify was a Reagan priority but lost in recent years.
The UK plans for the 14 Challenger 2 MBTs it is donating to Ukraine to be operated by Ukrainian crews before the end of March. (Crown copyright)
The 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks (MBTs) that the United Kingdom is donating to Ukraine will be operated by Ukrainian crews before the end of March, a UK Ministry of Defence spokesperson told
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on 18 January. He added that the AS90 self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) the UK is also donating to Ukraine would follow but could not say when.
The retirement of Australia’s older-generation S-70A-9 Black Hawks in 2021, such as the aircraft pictured here, reduced the transport capabilities of the Australian Army. The earlier Black Hawks were used for special forces operations, flood relief, and other logistical duties. Canberra sees the acquisition of UH-60Ms as a return to a familiar, tested platform. (Commonwealth of Australia)
The Australian government has confirmed that it is proceeding with the acquisition of 40 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the Australian Army.
A Marine reloads a M18 pistol at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Joel Castaneda-Rodriguez).
A Marine Corps battalion has lost track of one of its pistols. The 2nd Marine Division’s 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines confirmed that a Sig Sauer M18 handgun as well as two magazines for it are missing at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. It’s the second time in the last five years that a firearm has vanished from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines.
Naval Criminal Investigative Services is looking into the matter.
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British Westland Sea King helicopters made their official debut in Ukraine on Saturday — even sporting patriotic high-visibility Ukrainian markings — less than two months after London announced they would be donated to Kyiv’s cause.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov tweeted video showing the license-produced Sikorsky S-61 variant emblazoned in blue and gold national markings and a Ukrainian Naval Aviation roundel. The video appears to show a simulated combat search and rescue operation recovering a downed pilot with the helicopter’s hoist.
When former Navy Special Warfare Operator First Class Daniel W. Swift was killed on January 18, 2023, he died fighting the Russian Army alongside Ukrainian soldiers. The Oregon native had deserted his Navy SEAL unit in 2019, but no one knows how long Swift had been fighting in Ukraine.
The U.S. Navy confirmed that Swift was one of its Navy SEALs, and that he had died of injuries sustained while under attack from Russian troops, but volunteered little more information about him or his career. He was 35 years old.
DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE – 2022/11/20: Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of Ukraine unload munitions from a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher near the frontlines in Donbas, Ukraine. (Photo by Laurel Chor/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images).
An American sailor who had served with U.S. Navy SEALs before deserting in 2019 died this week fighting in Ukraine. Daniel Swift, 35, is the latest American killed in the war.
Time first reported the news. The U.S. Navy confirmed Swift’s death.